Tip for shoestrings.



PATBNTBD OCT. 20, 1903.

R. M. SEIBEL. TIP FOR SHOESTRINGS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1902.

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Fatented October 20, 1903 PATENT TOFFICE."

RioHARD M. SEIBEL, OF KANSAS "CITY, MISSOURI.

TIP FOR SHOESTRINGS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 742,074, dated October20, 1903. Application filed July 22, 1902. Serial No. 116,519. (Nomodel.)

making one or more incisions in the tip and;

in bending back the tongue or tongues formed by such incision orincisions, whereby a portion or portions of the string are exposed whenthe tip is completed and the portion or portions of the string soexposed will be engaged by the sharp edges of the opening or openings inthe tip, with the efiect of retaining the tip permanently upon thestring.

A'further object of cutting such incisions in the tips is to providedifferently-shaped openings in different tips, whereby shoestrings madeby different manufacturers or used by different shoe-manufacturers maybe provided with characteristic marks-that is, said openings in thetips-for commercial purposes not necessary to describe herein:

Referring now to the accompanying drawin gs,Figures 1,2,and 3 representthree successive stages in the formation of one of my improved tips.Fig. 4. represents a modification in which the string is cut off at theend of the tip. Fig. 5 is an edge view of my preferred form of tip. Fig.6 represents a tip having a triangular opening therein. Figs. 7, 8, and9 represent three unbent tips provided with incisiohs of differentforms, all in accordance with my invention. Fig. 10 represents a blankfora tip having incisions cut in one edge thereof. Fig- 11 shows thetongue formed by such incisions bent back. Fig. 12 shows the end of alacing-cord passing between the tongue and the body of the tip. Fig. 13:is anedge view of the completelyfolded tip.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 8, in which the latter shows an I-shapedincision in the tip A, the two tongues B, formed by said incision, arebent up to permit the end of the string to be placed beneath them, asshown in Fig. 1, the end of the string being set a short distance fromthe end of the tip. Next the sides of the tip are doubled .over upon thestring, as shown in Fig. 2. is again doubled longitudinally andcentrally, after which it will appear as shown in Fig. 3. Finally theend of the tip is compressed, as shown at O in Fig. 5. A portion D ofthe string will be exposed through the opening formed by the doublingover of each tongue B. In a tip cut as shown in Fig. 8 these openingswill be rectangular in shape.

If V-shaped cuts, Fig. 7, are made in the tip, each opening would betriangular in shape, as shown in Fig. 6.

It is obvious that great variety of incisions may be made in the tips,and thus a variety of differently-shaped openings in the completed tipsmay be produced.

In case, it is preferred to make two tips from one blank of doublelength the string would extend the full length of the tip, as shown inFig. 4, after the double tip has been cut into halves.

I claim the right, if I find it expedient, to make incisions in the edgeof the tip instead ofin the middle thereof. This I can do withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention. Said modificationis illustrated in Figs. 10 to 13. A tongue is formed by making two outsin oneedge of the tip, the tongue is bent up, a lacing-cord is placedbetween the tongue and the body of the tip, and the uncut portion of thetip is doubled over upon the tongue, leaving an opening in the oppositeside of the, finished tip. I

As shown in the drawings, the openings in the tips will be sufficientlylarge to clearly expose the cord through themat a distance of severalfeet.

Having nowfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination, with a lacing-cord, of a Next the tip tip having anarbitarily-shaped incision therein, said incision forming a tongue, thecord being held between said tongue and the body of the tip,the sides ofthe tip being folded longitudinally upon said tongue, and the tip beingfinally folded longitudinally and centrally, wherebya portion of thecord is exposed through an arbitrarily-shaped opening formed by saidtongue; substantially as, and for the purpose, described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitness.

RICHARD M. SEIBEL. Witnesses:

M. L. LANGE, K. M. IMBODEN.

